Why do something?
Matt Wilson
Training?
It defeats the aging process by keeping your posture good, creating metabolic demands, keeping stress on the body demands leaving your comfort zone. This is something that too many people stop doing at some point. By creating different demands on the organism, we force it to change.
With the extra energy you acquire what will you do?
Maybe you will want to do a new sport, do a trek, go on a fun run trek or a myriad of other things.
The whole body approach to training is more strength and conditioning than body building.
The difference being that with this sort of training the central nervous system becomes more adept at sending out impulses to various muscles in sequence i.e. you become more coordinated. This translates to improved sporting performance, and is stimulating mentally. Core training, because of the whole body approach to training very strong core activation occurs. This is not a pilates direct stress but a continuous process during whole body work, especially in unilateral or standing tasks.
The reason this is core activating is the primary job of the core is to support and allow the transfer of energy, by providing a stable core of support.
The first main stress on new students is metabolic, this is because of a whole body approach to training.
Women generally tolerate the early stages because of a familiarity with whole body exercise in class situations.
Runners, rowers,surfers, cyclists also do very well.
Body builders will need carb supplements peri work out(Peri means during the workout) I do use peri nutrition during training trialled 50 gms of palitinose from myopure.com.
In the early stages of training we use a multi directional approach to conditioning. The multi directional approach is conducted regularly throughout all the training for students and instructors alike for the benefits it provides to strengthen the joints, activate muscles create metabolic stress.
This sort of training was developed in the former Soviet Union for all athletes pre season training. I have used this training with people from 12 – 75, some contra indicated, all have benefited enough to begin heavy resistance training.
Also in the early stages combinations in Thai boxing and weapon use from arnis are taught as well as Krav Maga and PPCT.
Eaton school still teaches boxing to students as a gentleman should be able to defend his loves.
These are used as a warm down from the conditioning segment of the session. The use of martial arts as a warm down is supported from a number of physiological studies into tactical strength and conditioning.
Mobility stretching completes all sessions.
If a student decides on one class a week this is the permanent class structure, the conditioning tools change on a regular basis;
Kettlebells, Powerbags, Aquabags, Sloshballs, Weightvests, Chains, Powerbands, Agilitybands, Plyometrics, Hurdles, Medicine balls, Grippa Balls, Rebounders, Dumbells to name a few.
We use a lot of equipment to keep it interesting for trainees.
Even at one session a week it has helped amateur athletes from Ultimate Frisbee, Mountain climbing, Ultra Marathon, Marathon, Girya, Footballers, Netballers, MMA, wrestlers.
It has also been used by mums and dads kids and nannas.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single footstep! Lao Tzu Tao Te Chin.

by Matt Wilson